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I have nerdily named the two "rooms" the Vanilla Tower and the Chocolate Cave, due to their paint colors. I don't think I got a picture from behind, but you can see that paint color in the first picture.

Hubby and I did this almost entirely from scraps of wood we found at construction sites and materials we already had like carpet tacks and nails. The only exception was the $6 roll of sisal rope, but we need another roll to finish the back legs.

Oh, and we bought some wood glue. The carpeting is from several large scrap rolls I bought about a year ago for $10 for another project.

Lola, the little dark kitty, loves it, but Dave isn't yet so intrigued. The chocolate brown box faces the opposite direction of the white one, so they can get into that from the back side.

When I first saw this, I was thinking, you can't just stick two PetCo carriers together and call it homemade! But then I read the description and was blown away!!!! I've been wanting to make/buy one of these for my calico, but they're upwards of $150 for something exactly like what you've made! You should be very proud of yourself (and your handy hubby!)